The Star-Spangled Banner, one of the best-known national anthems in the world, has roots far more rowdy than patriotic, ...

From ear-splitting high notes to forgotten lyrics, these renditions of "The Star-Spangled Banner" hit all the wrong notes!

From sea to shining sea, music has defined how Americans see themselves -- and their country. On the Fourth of July, these ...

A sold-out soccer game in San Diego becomes a metaphor for American unity when the crowd's collective singing of the national ...

The poem that inspired the song, America the Beautiful, is 130 years old today, and it resonates more than ever.

The Estonian Song Celebration (Laulupidu) is a cultural phenomenon that, every five years, unites a vast choir for a single ...

America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates is as much critique as celebration, writes documentary filmmaker. While Bates’ ...

Keith, who died of stomach cancer last year, had nothing to do with Iran or Israel, but a lot to do with America, having penned a number of patriotic country songs including “American Soldier,” “Happy ...

We talked to fans, tribute acts, guitar shop workers, and more about a 30-year-old ballad's winding road to cultural domination.

Lee Greenwood released "God Bless the U.S.A." in 1984—an iconic patriotic song inspired by Elvis Presley and John Phillip Sousa.

Hip-hop music emerged as a testament to resilience and creative ingenuity, yet many of its foundational rappers departed ...